Abstract

The study’s main purpose was to describe how process religious coping in women
with breast cancer. Religious coping is effort of someone with the involve religious
elements for cope internal or extrenal pressure. Women with the breast cancer is women
with growth of cells or tissues that are not controlled so that the growth of abnormal
cells, rapid, and immortal.
This study uses a phenomenological qualitative approach is to understand
the experiences realized by the respondent in the process of religious coping were
carried along with the influence of religious coping and the factors that affect the
process of religious coping. Collecting data using interview and observation
techniques. Respondents in this study were three women diagnosed with breast
cancer. Respondents were drawn based on the criteria in this study.
The results showed that religious coping has an important role for
respondents in the face of breast cancer or in everyday life. The process of
religious coping in this study were divided into 4 phases which religious coping in
phase symptoms, diagnosis phase, treatment phase and the phase of meaning to
the illness. Religious coping performed by respondents that appear in every phase
although there are also some religious coping that do not appear again in another
phase. Religious coping that have appeared in the diagnosis phase to the
treatment phase is the phase of prayer and ibadah (tahajud prayer and dhikr),
while the phase of meaning to pain that pain is a trial / test from God. The
influence is felt by religious coping is tranquility, relief, satisfaction, pleasure in
ibadah, uncontrolled emotions and thoughts, and feel easy in many ways. Some of
the factors that affect religious coping is the influence (education / learning) of
those closest (parents, husbands, teachers of religion), appreciation of life
experiences, appreciation and experience of religious activities and ibadah and
culture.